Steam is officially dropping Windows 32-bit support at the end of this year, the company announced today. The only 32-bit version of Windows that is currently supported by Steam is Windows 10 32-bit.

Valve is ceasing Steam support for systems running 32-bit versions of the Windows 10 operating system (OS) on January 1, 2026. In a recent Steam Support blog, Valve explained that Windows 10 32-bit is ...

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Just a few short weeks before Microsoft ends Windows 10 support, digital video game storefront Steam announced it would stop support for its 32-bit versions. Valve, the platform’s parent company, ...

On September 18, Valve confirmed that Steam will cease support for the Windows 10 32-bit operating system, the last 32-bit OS that the platform currently supports, as of January 1, 2026. Valve ...

Interestingly, Valve says that there are only 0.01% of Steam users that are still using a 32-bit version of Windows 10, and so this end of support date won't impact most people. Additionally, although ...